Chapter 21: An Unexpected Acquaintance
Just when Miss Li was about to question, a voice came out from behind Gu Muyan, and said with great displeasure: "Miss Li, is this trying to ignore the rules of the Hundred Flowers Festival?" ”
"No, it's not, Miss Su, it's just a misunderstanding!" Miss Li looked at the person who walked behind Gu Muyan and said with some fear.
"It's a misunderstanding, and it's all gone!" Su Ziran also appeared in white clothes in front of everyone, and then Miss Li left with the support of the maidservant.
When Gu Muyan saw Su Ziran, he knew why those people who spoke out were afraid of it, the first talented daughter of the Chen Dynasty, Xiao Yi's cousin, Concubine Shu's niece, and Sufu's concubine, it can be said that she is a collection of thousands of favors, this Hundred Flowers Festival was presided over by Concubine Shu, and naturally everyone who came to participate knew Su Ziran's reputation.
And it's just the first time I've participated in the Hundred Flowers Festival, although there are Xiangfu and Taifufu behind me, but no one knows him, so it's normal not to be in my eyes.
"Thank you, Miss Su, for breaking the siege." Gu Muyan thanked Su Ziran Fushen.
"No need to thank you, but you are so righteous, originally because you were far away, you didn't step forward to stop it at the first time, and when you got closer, you didn't want anyone to grab me in front of me!" Su Ziran hid her face and smiled, her smile was as hearty and lovely as a spring breeze.
"It's not righteous, but it's just a bit of a headache to hear." Gu Muyan didn't hide it, and said what he thought to Su Ziran directly, which made Su Ziran's favor for Gu Muyan a little more.
"It's the first time you've participated in this Hundred Flowers Festival, and I've never seen you before." Su Ziran asked.
"It's the first time I've participated." Gu Muyan nodded and said, "I don't know what the rules of the Hundred Flowers Festival are?" ”
"You don't even know the rules of this Hundred Flowers Festival, could it be that you are also from a martial arts family?" Su Ziran said curiously: "My name is Su Ziran, what about you?" ”
"Not really, but my mother died early, so I don't know much about them." Gu Muyan shook his head and said, "My name is Gu Muyan." ”
"I'm sorry..."Su Ziran said when she mentioned Gu Muyan's sadness, but as far as she knew, the Gu family in the court was only surnamed Gu when the prime minister's mansion was: "Prime minister's mansion?" ”
"Hmm." Gu Muyan only nodded slightly.
"Then today I will tell you the origin of this Hundred Flowers Festival!" After speaking, Su Ziran affectionately took Gu Muyan's arm and talked about the Hundred Flowers Festival.
Gu Xiyue, who was behind her, saw that Gu Muyan had talked to Su Ziran so quickly, in addition to the jealousy and hatred of Gu Muyan in her heart, why did all the good fall on Gu Muyan's body, shouldn't all this be her own?
With the beginning of the Hundred Flowers Festival, the young ladies and sons from various provinces have already taken their seats, and Su Ziran came late because she wanted to sit down with Concubine Shu.
"The Hundred Flowers Festival competition has officially begun!" The palace people who served beat the gongs and drums.
With the beginning of the Hundred Flowers Festival, Su Ziran, as last year's leader, naturally wanted to inscribe for the Hundred Flowers Festival, but only half of this word was mentioned, and the rest was continued by this year's first prize.
The first competition was poetry, Gu Muyan didn't participate, but because of Gu Xiyue's jealousy, he took it upon himself to help her report her name.
So when Gu Muyan's name was read by the palace people, she only froze slightly, turned her head and glanced at Gu Xiyue with a sneer, and then got up and walked towards the arena with the support of Dongxue.
However, although Gu Muyan's attainments in poetry are not as good as Su Ziran's, because of the accumulation of his previous life, there is also the possibility of competition.
The evaluation of poetry takes a long time to taste, so other programs that help the fun will come to the stage with the end of the competition.
With the passage of time, five people were originally appointed as referees, but all of them wavered in the works of Gu Muyan and Su Ziran.
In the end, Concubine Shu thought of a way, which was to let the two of them make a choice between their own and each other's works.
So Concubine Shu called the two back to the stage and said, "The referees invited by the palace today can't make a part, so let the two of you judge for yourself." ”
It's just that before Gu Muyan finished reading Su Ziran's poems, Su Ziran said with some amazement and some loss: "I lost." ”
Suddenly, the audience was surprised that the first talented woman of the Chen Dynasty actually said that she lost to a young lady who participated in this Hundred Flowers Festival for the first time, which made everyone wonder what kind of poems Gu Muyan wrote.
Xiao Yi, the fourth prince on the side, also looked at Gu Muyan with a little inquiry, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "What kind of woman can write such majestic poems." ”
After the palace people posted Gu Muyan's poems, what caught everyone's eyes was the extremely strong and powerful handwriting, coupled with the majestic poems, there was a bit of the demeanor of a military general, if it was a man, it would be extraordinary.
"Go check this Gu Muyan." Xiao Yi instructed the guards beside him with interest.
"Yes." The guards clenched their fists and led the order to retreat.
Why is there such a poem, why can she write such a strong and powerful handwriting, only Gu Muyan herself knows, in order to help Xiao Yi ascend to the throne in her previous life, she can be said to have learned all the skills she can learn.
And those ladies of the family learned that Gu Muyan was the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she won the first prize today, how could they not come forward to get acquainted? For a while, Gu Muyan was surrounded.
Fortunately, Su Ziran didn't like this kind of scene the most, and directly took Gu Muyan away from the place of right and wrong.
"But it's finally out!" Su Ziran stopped and glanced behind him several times to make sure that no one followed, and then let go of Gu Muyan's hand.
"I can't imagine that this Hundred Flowers Festival is so tiring!" Gu Muyan looked at Su Ziran's lively and lovely appearance in front of him, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
"My sister is lazy here!" Xiao Yi's voice suddenly sounded from behind Gu Muyan, causing her to tremble, and she didn't know how to move.
"Brother Xiao Yi!" When Su Ziran heard Xiao Yi's voice, he trotted directly towards Xiao Yi, and said with a smile on his face.
"Who is this?" Xiao Yi looked at Gu Muyan, who hadn't turned around for a long time, and asked Su Ziran.
"I've seen the Four Princes." Gu Muyan turned around and said to Xiao Yi, the hands hidden in his sleeves were already blue.
"Brother Xiao Yi! This is the top prize of this year's Hundred Flowers Festival! Miss Gu Muyan of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Su Ziran proudly introduced Gu Muyan to Xiao Yi: "You always say that no one can surpass my literary talent in the Chen Dynasty, you see, isn't there one?" It makes me feel ashamed! ”
As she spoke, Su Ziran grabbed Gu Muyan's arm, and noticed that Gu Muyan's body was a little stiff, Su Ziran didn't think too much, she just thought that she was a little nervous when she saw someone in the palace for the first time.
"Oh, brother, if you don't have anything to do, don't bother me and Mu Yan!" Su Ziran said like an eviction order.
"My sister has really grown up, but she doesn't stick to her brother as much as before!" Xiao Yi pretended to be sad and said, and then left obediently, just glanced at Gu Muyan again before leaving, but Gu Muyan lowered his head and didn't notice him at all.
"The Four Princes are gone." Su Ziran saw that there was no trace of Xiao Yi, so he said to Gu Muyan.
"Hmm." Gu Muyan squeezed out a word from his mouth and replied, even if he had been reborn for so long, seeing Xiao Yi again, he still couldn't contain the hatred in his heart like a volcanic eruption.
Fortunately, in Xiao Yi's eyes, he should have seen him for the first time, so neither Su Ziran nor Xiao Yi suspected her.
"I didn't expect you to be able to write such atmospheric poems, but I saw the four princes so nervous!" Su Ziran hid his face and smiled.
"I haven't met the royal people yet, so naturally I'm in awe." Gu Muyan said calmly on his face, but he thought in his heart: "I have indeed never seen such a femme fatale." ”
Then, the two talked for a long time, and only then did they separate when they knew that Concubine Shu had come to call Su Ziran away.
On the other side, after Xiao Yi left, on the way back to the main hall, he accidentally bumped into Gu Xiyue, who was alone on the shore.
And Gu Xiyue recognized Xiao Yi's identity at a glance, and fell down, pretending to be absent-minded, as if it was an extremely ordinary thing to be knocked down.
"Are you alright?" Xiao Yi stretched out his hand and asked Gu Xiyue.
However, Gu Xiyue did not answer, but shook her head, stood up by herself, and ignored Xiao Yi's outstretched hand, showing weakness and strength to the fullest, which made Xiao Yi's interest in Gu Xiyue greater than in Gu Muyan.
But Gu Xiyue was about to fall into the lake the moment she stood up, Xiao Yi also had some skills after all, so she naturally pulled Gu Xiyue back and fell into his arms.
Suddenly, the two looked at each other, Gu Xiyue looked at Xiao Yi weakly with tears in her eyes, which made Xiao Yi have some thoughts in her heart that wanted to protect: "What happened to the girl?" ”
"It's fine, I'm just a little tired." Gu Xiyue slowly raised her head and said.
"In that case, let's go to the little pavilion and rest for a while." Xiao Yi said, helped Gu Xiyue to the pavilion and sat down.
"If the girl has something on her mind, there is no one near the left and right, and you and I don't know each other, so it's okay to talk about it." Xiao Yi sat down and asked, looking at Gu Xiyue's dress, it should not be a small family, if he can get the help of the family behind him, it would be a good thing.
"I'm here with my sister today, and I don't think my sister has never taken care of me, whether it's when I enter the door or after I get the first prize." Gu Xiyue's eyes darkened, and she said in an extremely godless tone.
After hearing these words, Xiao Yi did not rush to evaluate, but analyzed the pros and cons in his heart, and Xiao Yi also knew that there were indeed two young ladies.